Title: Sense of Self

Series: Part 05 of Entangled. Takes place shortly after Aware, just before school finishes.

Summary: When Kaiba discovers the truth about the priest's relationship with the thief in the past, he's forced to confront what that means about the present.

Pairings: Yami x Kaiba, Thief!Bakura x Priest!Seto, OC x Bakura

Rating: Rated M for sexually explicit scenes and a graphic lemon in the second chapter.

Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! does not and will never belong to me.

A/N: This chapter contains sexually explicit scenes between Bakura x Teacher, as well as Thief!Bakura x Priest!Seto. If you're not comfortable with this, you might want to wait for next week's update that is Yami x Kaiba.

Chapter 01: Into the Past

"That's fine, move the appointment to Thursday," Kaiba consented to his secretary on the other line as he walked down the school hallway in search of an empty classroom to conduct his business. Realizing that would be difficult at such an hour, Kaiba decided on one of the teacher's conference rooms that he had negotiated access to early on in his academic career. "What about Sorace Industries? Have we heard back from them on that proposal yet?"

As his secretary filled him in on the details, Kaiba approached the first floor conference room and turned on a light as he entered. The first thing that alerted Kaiba that all was not as it should be was the muffled sound of terror that greeted him that was quickly followed up by a moaning laugh from a different source.

"Come to join us?" Bakura asked, chuckling when his partner whimpered in distress at being caught.

Staring at the scene with barely masked contempt, Kaiba was disgusted to see Chisanaga-sensei on his knees with Bakura's cock in his mouth. The tan fingers that were embedded in the teacher's hair almost seemed tender until he used his grip to pull at Chisanaga. "Did I finish yet?" Bakura demanded dangerously as he narrowed his eyes at his teacher. "Then keep sucking, sensei."

Remembering to hang up the phone, Kaiba had to contain his revulsion when Bakura moaned, "Not as good as the priest, but still worthwhile since he won't play with me anymore," with a knowing look.

"Disgusting," Kaiba growled in his revulsion, both at the sight before him and the implications of the past with the thief.

"He thought so too, but that didn't stop him," Bakura taunted as he rested more of his weight against the wall. "Why are you letting it stop you?"

"I will never be like him," Kaiba venomously hissed as he felt the bile rise in his throat.

Making a sound of mock disappointment, Bakura retorted, "I bet your mouth is just as talented," before interrupting himself with a gasp at Chisanaga's ministrations. "Maybe the pharaoh had taught you some new tricks…?"

"Bastard!" Kaiba swore angrily, his hand tightening into a fist around the cell phone. It was beyond him why he remained there, other than his feet were grounded by the shock.

"It's a shame you seem to have forgotten the best parts," Bakura continued, tenderly stroking the teacher's hair.

Unable to contain his reaction, Kaiba snarled, "There's noting to remember because nothing fucking happened!"

"You seem so sure about that, Seto," Bakura told Kaiba, wanting to make the reincarnation remember. "The sight of him on his knees is one I'll never forget…"

Kaiba was about to argue back, but he was suddenly thrown into a memory against his will.

Soft sounds of wet pleasure interrupted the stillness of a cool Egyptian night, but angry blue eyes stared up at the thief with defiance, no love loss between them. "Glare at me all you want, priest," Bakura said, stroking soft brunette hair with a cruel tenderness. "It changes nothing."

Pulling back and letting the thief's cock slip from his mouth with an obscene noise, Seto growled, "Don't call me that!" He didn't want to be reminded of his official position when he was on his knees for the thief.

Leaning forward, Bakura all but purred, "Would you rather me call you, 'Seto,' like him?"

Slapping away the caressing hand, Seto continued to glare at Bakura with unmasked contempt. The action angered Bakura and he roughly yanked Seto back to his previous place. "Continue," Bakura coldly ordered.

Balking against the command, the priest still reluctantly complied and resumed pleasuring the thief with his mouth. It made Bakura lean back with a sigh of enjoyment as he pet the priest's hair in return. Even then, Bakura was unable to resist murmuring, "I wonder if she does this for him as beautifully as you?"

Even the mere thought of Nefersherit doing such a thing to his pharaoh revolted Seto and he growled his displeasure around the cock interned in his mouth.

The sensation shot through Bakura and he thrust hard in response, laughing when the priest gagged. Allowing Seto a moment recover, Bakura finally confided, "I thought about killing her, you know," and was surprised by that look of horror on Seto's face. "Don't look at me like that. I would do it for you, but you don't want your precious little pharaoh to be sad."

"She's not worth killing," Seto stopped to mutter.

"Not when she drives you closer to me," Bakura agreed, capturing the priest's lips and tasting his own essence. "You will belong to me, priest."

Nipping at the thief's invading tongue out of irritation, Seto spat, "I will never belong to you!"

Smiling sadly at the priest, Bakura gently stroked his cheek. "If that bastard pharaoh is stupid enough to let you go for her, he doesn't deserve you, Seto," Bakura told the priest in a rare moment of sentimentalism. "You will become mine because he is a fool."

"No!" Seto vehemently denied.

"You are only his priest," the thief reminded, "only his loyal subject and servant."

"I am—"

The thief interrupted, "A fool for loving him when he loves—"

"No!" Kaiba shouted as he ripped himself out of the memory. He thought that he was going to be sick from what he had seen and Kaiba continued to deny it. "No, that never happened!"

Unsure of what Kaiba had remembered, Bakura could only comment, "You're as bad as that damn pharaoh of yours. Always in denial…"

"No!" Kaiba repeated as he took a step back to the door. He kept reassuring himself that it never happened and yet somehow there was an element of truth to it all.

"Just remember that I stayed by the priest's side long after the pharaoh was gone," Bakura said before succumbing to his release with a low moan as his eyes fluttered shut.

Unable to tolerate it any further, Kaiba turned and walked out of the conference room, ignoring the laughter that followed. He couldn't stand thinking that the priest had actually betrayed the pharaoh in such a terrible way and Kaiba had to fight against the ill feelings that resulted from his new knowledge. How could the priest do such a thing while the pharaoh was still alive? How could he even do it all?

Kaiba was walking blindly through the empty hallways and he was somewhat unsurprised to discover himself in front of Yami's classroom. He could hear the teacher droning of about something and Kaiba opened the door before he could talk himself out of it. There was an irrational desire to see Yami, to reassure himself of the present.

Everyone turned when the door opened and looked at Kaiba in confusion and relief over the boring less on being interrupted. The teacher bowed formally at the teen and Kaiba gave the slightest nod of acknowledgement in response. "Yes, Seto-sama?" the teacher asked politely, closing the book he was holding and giving Kaiba his undivided attention.

"Pardon the intrusion," Kaiba formally stated out of habit, "but Yami's presence is required elsewhere. Please inform his other teachers that he will be absent for the remainder of the day."

"I'll be sure to do so," the teacher politely agreed, although he was somewhat mystified by the source of the announcement. "Is there anything else?"

"No, that will be all," Kaiba declined, pleased to see that Yami was hurriedly packing up his things. Not waiting for him to finish, Kaiba stepped back and shut the door so that he could call his secretary back; he had almost forgotten about hanging up on her.

Yami appeared shortly, but Kaiba gave no sign of noticing other than to gesture for him to follow while he continued rearranging his schedule for the day with his secretary.

Figuring Kaiba's tense agitation was a result of being in business mode, Yami shrugged and followed without question. Yami was curious about what had made Kaiba pull him from class, but he figured it could wait until later. Either way, Yami had no complaints about the reprieve from what was otherwise a very boring day.

A/N: It's funny, because I thought this chapter was originally going to go a different way. And yes, Chisanaga-sensei is the one referenced in Catnip Dream. He's back from medical leave, which is why Bakura was going easy on him and not being as strenuous as normal, heh.

As for the reason why Seto was doing that with Bakura...well, that's a different story entirely. XD

Poor Yami, he has no idea what he's about to walk into when they get back to the mansion…The happy stuff comes after that, promise.

NEXT CHAPTER: Into the Future

Kaiba tries to comfort himself with Yami, but things go horribly astray.

Chapter goes up on Sunday, March 8th, so check back for the conclusion to this twoshot! It'll be nice and long with only Kaiba and Yami, so the pureists can come out of hiding then~~~.